Mark Rowlands Quote

What is best about our lives -the moments when we are, as we would put it, at our happiest- is both pleasant and deeply unpleasant. Happiness is not a feeling; it is a way of being. If we focus on the feelings, we will miss the point.

The Philosopher and the Wolf: Lessons from the Wild on Love, Death, and Happiness (ed. Pegasus Books, 2010) - ISBN: 9781605987590